It also extends these guys professional careers. Mark Ingram can't stay healthy, Trent Richardson is used up like some tires with metal sticking out, we will see how long Lacy and Yeldon last. Lacy has already been injured twice. I think it's a selling point for future tailbacks too. Come to LSU, you'll get to play, compete with the best, be in a running back friendly offense, and we won't kill you before you declare.
What about game two and 3 with strong SEC teams ???? It had better be a well oiled machine , or our Tigers will start the SEC season 0-2 , should have been TD on the 1st drive ,
wow, we are ate up with it. hadnt been this much over-analyzation of 2 mins of tape since the zapruder film. ill have what hes having, bartender.
yeah. that's possible. he was running towards me. i did notice he slowed down. thought he was trying to block the defenders from making a play on the ball. who knows?
Well, here's some more analysis. Looks like the "package" concept is alive and well at LSU. I mean, on the swing pass to Guice did anybody not know what was coming when Guice and Brossette entered the game. Brossette was surely not in to do some inside blocking and as soon as Guice started outside the defenders moved into position. Ferguson was apparently trying to get outside the defender to clear the sideline for Guice but the defender wouldn't let him, then finally moved inside to tackle Guice. Four yard loss against McNeese. Looked like a bad block by Ferguson, but he never had a chance. And did anybody not know what was coming when Donte Jackson lined up in the backfield(was he in the backfield, or on the line? I don't remember) . Looks like Jeter and Alexander missed their blocks but the defenders were already in position and the blockers never had a chance. I think the play went for 3 or 4 yards against McNeese. Maybe I'm all wrong and it'll all work in the end and it won't matter if the defense knows exactly what's coming as Miles seems to think but it's very difficult for the blockers to make their block when the defenders know exactly what the play is and are already in position.
I kind of feel bad for Ferguson. If the game had continued he might have made 5 or 6 good blocks but now everybody talks about his one bad one.
It's way too early in the season for anyone to know what was coming other than the two power runs by Fournette. During the course of any play, the defense is going to react to the ball and that's all that was on the swing pass to Guice. Had Ferguson done his job, that would have put Guice out in space and we may have been witness to the shake and bake that we hear he brings to the party. Who would have thought that Miles would put the two freshmen running backs in the backfield at the same time in the first series of the first game and actually attempt a pass and not a run?
Well, It's hard to say that it was not a missed block by Ferguson, who was not in proper position. The defender saw the motion and immediately switched to cover the motion man. Ferguson did not sprint downfield, that was Quinn who cleared out the corner. Ferguson's job on that play was to block the safety to spring Guice. Block him inside or outside and let Guice pick the hole. But he whiffed completely. Speedsters are noticed whenever they enter the game, for sure. As it was, it still went 4 yards. If the blocks had been made it would have been a first down or longer. The coaches were certainly not going to show a bunch of new plays against McNeese. True, which is why it is important to have a quarterback that can check out of a play if it is overloaded. Cameron must try not to establish tendencies, but he can't stop running our best plays just because they are expected. They have to make them work anyway. SEC defenses will be very sophisticated and aren't fooled very often, we have to be able to beat them even if they know it is coming. That is what dominance is all about.
